THE SOUDAN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 82, 5 March 1884, Page 2

THE SOUDAN.

-..;.; Battleof JEI Teb. ; Details of the Engagement; (BY ELECTRIC ■ TELEGRAPH. — OOVYKIQAt.y (SPECIAL TO. UNITED PHBSB ASSOQIATION.) LoiTDON, March 1. The troops under Major-General Graham Comprising three thousand in 7 fantry, one thousand cavalry, and (wo hundred artillery, an.d, the Naval t Brigade, with\ .twenty ligftfc guns, advanced m the form, of* ah oblong upon lthe, ; enemy's jforts, containing two Krppp guns, and began the battle. The nknir her of Arabs was estimated at tea thousand. , They made repealed changes in-detached bodies, and the marvellous .bravery of Ulundi was repeated. The forts were defended with great;' tenacity, but were finally ' stormed. The Krupp and Gatling guns created feaiiful havoc. Finally, the ArabVniajleiastand at El Teb, and slowly retired, after four hours' fighting, the cavalry pursuing them. The Arab loss is estimated, at 1000, whilst the British lost, 24 men killed, including j five officers, and 140 wounded, including 18 - t officers, amongst whom Colonel Burnaby and Baker Pasha are reported as severely hurt. * The enthusiasm at Khartoum is subsiding, and the native troops beyond that ridicule G-eneral Gordon's proclamations, i Colonel Stewart returns to the White ile at the head of a force- of 2qOO Bazouks. March 3. ;liate<.t reports say that fifteen hundred rebels were killed m the late engagement. A force of two thousand irregulars from Khartoum has marched to meet thje, advancing rebels. The Times complains' that General XxTahutß dh^eeted tUe retreat; from SouaTciin. 0 '